单词 | dogs meat |
释义 | dog's meatn. 1. Meat eaten by dogs; esp. meat prepared for dogs. Cf. dog meat n. N.E.D. (1897) adds: ‘Prepared from horse-flesh or scraps of offal, etc., and sold by street dealers.’ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > pet-food > dog food cracona1300 crawkec1325 quarryc1330 croote1382 criton1388 crap1499 dog meat1505 dog's meat1555 cratchens1601 greaves1614 lap1743 dog biscuit1809 dog food1848 critling1851 cracklingc1865 puppy biscuit1895 kibble1965 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 91 Vaschus..exhorted his men..fiercely to assayle theyr enemies, and to esteeme theym noo better then dogges meate as they shulde bee shortly. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes Ep. Ded. sig. A4 We haue cattes meate and dogges meate inough for these mungrels. 1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 74 Jezebel..was a Strumpet and became Dogs meat. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 32 If he [sc. a Roe-Buck] hath not Beavy-greace on his Tail when he is broken up, he is more fit to be Dogs-meat then Man's-meat. 1700 tr. H. M. Herwig Art Curing Sympathetically App. 142 If you mix a little of the sick persons blood or urine with Dogs meat, the Dogs will not contract the distemper. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xlii. 164 How would I whip and spur, and harrow up thy clumsy sides, till I made thee a ready-roasted, ready-flayed, mess of dog's meat. 1832 C. Dickens Let. ?Apr.–May (1965) I. 5 To look at the animal..you would think (with the exception of Dog's Meat) there was no earthly purpose to which he could be applied. 1910 Times 21 Sept. 3/2 The defendant dealt in boneless meat, which was sent to a maker of German sausages; and he also sold dog's meat. 1989 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 5 Mar. Butchers once more will be..heard to say traditional butcherish things like: ‘Pounda dogsmeat, love? Sure. You want me wrap it or will you eat it here?’ 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Carrion; worthless refuse, detritus. Also used as an insult. Cf. dog meat n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] wrakea1350 outcastingc1350 rammel1370 rubble1376 mullockc1390 refusec1390 filtha1398 outcasta1398 chaff?a1400 rubbishc1400 wastec1430 drossc1440 raff?1440 rascal1440 murgeonc1450 wrack1472 gear1489 garblec1503 scowl1538 raffle1543 baggage1549 garbage1549 peltry1550 gubbins?1553 lastage1553 scruff1559 retraict1575 ross1577 riddings1584 ket1586 scouring1588 pelf1589 offal1598 rummage1598 dog's meat1606 retriment1615 spitling1620 recrement1622 mundungus1637 sordes1640 muskings1649 rejectament1654 offscouring1655 brat1656 relicts1687 offage1727 litter1730 rejectamenta1795 outwale1825 detritus1834 junk1836 wastements1843 croke1847–78 sculch1847 debris1851 rumble1854 flotsam1861 jetsam1861 pelt1880 offcasting1893 rubbishry1894 littering1897 muckings1898 wastage1898 dreck1905 bruck1929 crap1934 garbo1953 clobber1965 dooky1965 grot1971 tippings- 1606 S. Hieron Truths Purchase in Wks. (1620) I. 43 Paul did account all things but dogs-meat, for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Jesus. 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian i. i. 8 His reverence bought of me the flower of all the Market; these—these are but Dogs meat to 'em. 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang 303/2 Dog's-meat, anything worthless: as a bad book, a common tale, a villainous picture, etc. 1965 Amer. Speech 40 96 Dog's meat, anything worthless or bad. 1992 J. Beverley Lord of my Heart (2002) ix. 173 His bird overshot, and the heron was snared by another hawk. When the bird returned to his wrist he said, ‘Dogsmeat,’ in a peevish tone and shoved its hood on roughly. 3. = dog meat n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > flesh of other animals > [noun] ass flesha1398 goat's meat1593 dog's meat1655 mutton1711 dog meat1805 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 85 Swines-flesh indeed they would not eat, but dogs-meat they would. 1825 G. F. Mathison Narr. Visit Brazil, Chile, Peru, & Sandwich Islands xiii. 389 The dinner consisted of turtle-soup, beef, kid, poultry, pork, and various kinds of fish; but no dog's meat, although..the islanders are very partial to that sort of food. 1899 R. Semon In Austral. Bush xiii. 333 Dogs' meat is considered a great delicacy by the aborigines. 1929 Amer. Anthropologist 31 39 Dog's meat..was a dish frequently employed in the religious festivals of the Maya. 1996 Daily Reg. (Oelwein, Iowa) 28 Oct. 12/3 If you don't mind that it's a dog, you would discover that dog's meat is sweet. Phrases to make dog's meat of: to cut or beat up; to reduce to carrion fit for dogs. Cf. to make mincemeat of at mincemeat n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 20 When thou hast contriv'd some dark design To loose a thousand Greeks; make dogs meat of us. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body v. iii. 69 Rascals, retire; she's my Wife, touch her if you dare I'll make Dogs-meat of you. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. ii. 18 I'd sooner die at once, than be made dog's-meat of in this here way. 1844 H. Smith Arthur Arundel iii. 16/2 I'll..double thong the blackguard... If I don't cut him in half—if I don't make dog's meat of him—if I don't—never mind. 1921 C. K. Ulrich Wolf of Purple Canyon ii. 22 If you fail to show me a money order made out in favor of your mother before noon to-morrow, I'll sure make dog's meat of you. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 1), as dog's-meat barrow, dog's-meat seller, dog's-meat shop, etc. Now rare. ΚΠ 1820 Kirby's Wonderful & Eccentric Museum 5 302 If a hare, he would carry it to a dogs' meat-seller, and haggle for half a sheep's head or a pig's face. 1837 C. Dickens Mudfog & Other Sketches in Sketches by Boz (1957) 641 The dog's-meat barrows of London. 1853 G. A. Sala Househ. Words 12 Mar. 28/2 One nearly falls over a dog's-meat cart, so absorbed is he in his correspondence. 1876 J. Greenwood Low-life Deeps 15 The brisk trade driven at the various dog's-meat shops. 1932 C. Oman Major Grant xii. 214 Lively trades carried on by body-snatchers and dogs' meat vendors. C2. dog's-meat man n. a seller of dog's-meat. ΚΠ c1810 in J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang (1902) V. 57/1 A werry nobby dog's meat man. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxii. 226 That's what I call a self-evident proposition, as the dog's-meat man said, when the house-maid told him he warn't a gentleman. 1885 C. S. Calverley Verses & Fly Leaves 76 Boxer..kept a van, Being indeed a dogsmeat man. 1913 M. R. Rinehart Case Jennie Brice viii. 52 ‘Now,’ said Mr. Graves, when I had shut the door, ‘where's the dog's-meat man?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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